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So we said,וַנֹּאמֶר‘Let us nowנָּאset aboutנַעֲשֶׂהbuildingלִבְנוֹתourselvesלָנוּthe altar,הַמִּזְבֵּחַnotלֹאfor burnt offeringלְעוֹלָהand notוְלֹאfor sacrifice,לְזָבַח
Joshua 22:26
Study it in the app“So we said, ‘Let us now set about building ourselves the altar, not for burnt offering and not for sacrifice,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 22:26, word by word
- So we saidנֹּאמֶרnomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “nomer” appears- set aboutנַעֲשֶׂהnaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appears- buildingבְנוֹתvenot
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appears- the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- for burnt offeringעוֹלָהola
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears- for sacrificeזָבַחzavach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zavach” appears
The context
25YHWH has made the Jordan a border between us and you, sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you have no portion in YHWH.” And so your sons would stop our sons from fearing YHWH.’
26 · This verse (above)
27but that it may be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we serve the service of YHWH before him with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings; so that your sons will not say tomorrow to our sons, “You have no portion in YHWH.”’